£1000 budget to build a gaming PC, what should I get?

Verkai

Verkai

Verkai

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Let's start off by saying, I have NO clue about PC's, but I've spent a few hours researching components and learning how to build one from youtube videos, I have a budget of £1000 and these are all that I've chosen (for now)

Memory:
CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3600 £85
Power Supply:
Corsair CP-9020061-UK Builder Series CXM750 ATX/EPS Semi-Modular 750w £106
SSD:
ADATA XPG S40G 1TB RGB M.2 Internal Solid State Drive £134
GPU:
MSI NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G OC Graphics Card '6GB GDDR6, 1710MHz, 3x DisplayPort, HDMI, Dual Fan Cooling System £286
Motherboard:
MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX Motherboard £101
CPU:
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Processor (6C/12T, 35 MB Cache, 4.2 GHz Max Boost) £180

All this (including the tower) is £962.67

To me, this looks decent enough and I'm ready to drop the cash but the problem is I don't know a hundred percent, is this the best I can do with my budget? Am I spending too much on things that could go towards a better video card? CPU? is a 750w power supply a MUST?

I really have no clue but if you do PLEASE help me out by listing better products or maybe I did a good job selecting? IDK.

Anyway, thanks for your help c:
 
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You can get better SSDs, search for sabarent rocket elsewhere...unless other choices are now preferred?
I'd also avoid buying CPU and GPU at the moment. The nVidia 3 series are available soon (and a considerably better buy) over the 2 series, AMD will also announce their 4000 series CPU lineup on 8th October.
EDIT: I would also suggest looking at the B550 boards instead of the B450.
 
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Welcome aboard.
First of all you better remove links and leave only product names.
Forum rules forbid naming and linking to OcUK's (wo pays upkeep of this forum) competitors.

And that PSU is brand overpriced for low end decade ago 80+ Bronze efficiency and such lower mainstream model...
Also already 650W is plenty for high end parts.
Availability is just at the moment very bad in most PSUs with only 7 year warranty models available:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitf...plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-22b-bx.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...old-modular-power-supply-black-ca-060-sf.html
And 550w PSU would be enough for those parts.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phanteks-amp-550w-80-plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-09p-pt.html


For such limited budget Kingston A2000 and WD Blue SN550 are the choises for SSD.
 
snips86x said:
You can get better SSDs, search for sabarent rocket elsewhere...unless other choices are now preferred?
I'd also avoid buying CPU and GPU at the moment. The nVidia 3 series are available soon (and a considerably better buy) over the 2 series, AMD will also announce their 4000 series CPU lineup on 8th October.
EDIT: I would also suggest looking at the B550 boards instead of the B450.
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Won't the 3 series be much more expensive? effectively too costly for my budget?
 
EsaT said:
Welcome aboard.
First of all you better remove links and leave only product names.
Forum rules forbid naming and linking to OcUK's (wo pays upkeep of this forum) competitors.

And that PSU is brand overpriced for low end decade ago 80+ Bronze efficiency and such lower mainstream model...
Also already 650W is plenty for high end parts.
Availability is just at the moment very bad in most PSUs with only 7 year warranty models available:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitf...plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-22b-bx.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...old-modular-power-supply-black-ca-060-sf.html
And 550w PSU would be enough for those parts.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phanteks-amp-550w-80-plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-09p-pt.html


For such limited budget Kingston A2000 and WD Blue SN550 are the choises for SSD.
Click to expand...

I thought the 750w would be overkill... thanks for confirming and linking some alternatives!
 
Verkai said:
Won't the 3 series be much more expensive? effectively too costly for my budget?
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there will likely be a 3060 version that i would expect to be around 300-350 so shouldnt be too far off what you would pay for a 2060

however if that is too much then the release of the new cards will surely drop the price of the ones your looking at now
its just a case of wait and see, so depends how much of a rush you are in
 
Tupro said:
there will likely be a 3060 version that i would expect to be around 300-350 so shouldnt be too far off what you would pay for a 2060

however if that is too much then the release of the new cards will surely drop the price of the ones your looking at now
its just a case of wait and see, so depends how much of a rush you are in
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thanks for that solid advice, i think i'll wait and see.
 
I would drop to a smaller SSD like a 512GB version, wont save a lot of money but you can upgrade by adding drives in the future.
That offset will help you get a better GPU or CPU - maybe a 5700 or even the XT?
 
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